Durango Nature Studies

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Durango Nature Studies

Adaptation is a word that is used often in Durango Nature Studies’ curriculum.

Adaptations are traits that help a species or an animal survive. On a day-to-day scale for humans, adaptations are also small changes in the way we view the world – changing our perspective in a situation to make the best of it. Like the animals...

There has been much concern lately about water-quality levels in the Animas Watershed. We often take for granted that rivers can be floated, jumped in and enjoyed, especially in a town such as Durango with the Animas running through it and multiple rivers in the area feeding into the river system. This certainly is disheartening, but it is...

When it began, there was very little concern on a political level about the perils of human impact on our planet. Rachel Carson’s ground-breaking book, Silent Spring, was just starting to raise awareness about the issue of pesticides, but at that time, factories...